To be more specific about my own conundrum. I generally prefer vinyl. I have a number of recordings on both CD and vinyl where the analogue is so obviously better, it's almost a joke (compare, for example, the 2019 Blue Note/Solid State vinyl rendering of Chick Corea's "Now He Sings, Now He Sobs" v. the CD version). That said, I find that so many vinyl pressings these days are marred in some way (especially pressings of Blue Note recordings, unfortuantely), and it's a pain to send so many LPs back. Plus, they cost more. Plus, the uncertain benefits of vinyl pressings from digitally recorded and mastered albums, i.e., the vast majority of recordings these days. Plus the fact that vinyl requires extra TLC. I just wonder whether it's worth bothering with vinyl, unless I already possess good information about the recording and pressing.
